Robert serves as the current City Manager and was first appointed in July of 2012. He is one of the longest serving City Manager’s in the state of Oklahoma. He served as City Manager for the City of Choctaw for 25 years and the City of Stigler for 5 years. He served 2 years with the City of Houston and prior with the City of Oklahoma City for 13 months.

He is a Vietnam-era veteran (paratrooper) serving honorably as a sergeant in the United States Army with the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC from 1972 to 1975.

He graduated from Northeastern Oklahoma State University in 1978 with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and from the University of Oklahoma in 1982 with a Master’s degree in Public Administration.